Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honoree
2019
Artistic & Managing Director
The Musical Stage Company
Mitchell is the founder and Artistic & Managing Director of The Musical Stage Company – Canada’s leading not-for-profit musical theatre company. Over fifteen years, the company’s work has been recognized with 96 Dora Award nominations, 18 Dora Awards and 17 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards, and its attendance now surpasses 30,000 people per year. Outside of The Musical Stage Company, Mitchell was the Associate Producer for the inaugural six years of Luminato, the Creative Producer for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize, and the producer of the Dora Awards. As well, Mitchell has held positions in the arts management departments at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. He is the recipient of the 2017 Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award for Outstanding Leadership in Administration, and he was a finalist for the 2018 Roy Thomson Hall Award from the Toronto Arts Foundation recognizing contribution to Toronto’s musical life.
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